“It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.”
— George MacDonald
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How strange this fear of death is!
“How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.”
— George MacDonald
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How strange this fear of death is!
“How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.”
— George MacDonald
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It is our best work that God
“It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.”
— George MacDonald
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It is not in the nature of
“It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.”
— George MacDonald
Author: George MacDonald
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It is our best work that God
“It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.”
— George MacDonald
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It is our best work that God
“It is our best work that God wants, not the dregs of our exhaustion. I think he must prefer quality to quantity.”
— George MacDonald
Author: George MacDonald
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The best preparation for the future is
“The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.”
— George MacDonald
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Man finds it hard to get what
“Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.”
— George MacDonald
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The more I work with the body,
“The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.”
— George MacDonald
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Forgiveness is the giving, and so the
“Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.”
— George MacDonald
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